Some say taking cuttings, rooting them, and then selling the resulting plants, could somehow save the National Arboretum's 50 year-old azaleas.
Some say the plants on the Hill are culls, rejects, of the initial research that developed the Glenn Dale azalea.
Lots of people say that cutting the Azalea on the Hill is contrary to the founder of the National Arboretum's wishes, destroys his research, and will disappoint over 100,000 April-May visitors to the Arboretum.
"Some say" - the evil words that Bill O says to tar his opponents, "Some say that voting Democratic, leads to bestiality, crime, and drug abuse..."
Well 'Some say' just accept the inevitable fact that bureaucracy will win over a bunch of trowel waving little old ladies.
Some say 'Accept 3 gallon potted azaleas from the garden center, rather than the Mt Hamilton azalea hillside or see if you can fit this in your backyard- '
'Some say' that the number of visitors to the new Chinese giftedgarden will dwarf the number of visitors to the azalea hill. Some say that the Arb will have the money in it's budget to take care of this new garden better than they did the Dutch azalea collection.
Over 100,000 visitors a year say that the Arb management is wrong. Come visit the Arb on April 26, bring a lunch and enjoy the azaleas. For more information visit savethe azaleas.org